India dismissed Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s remarks at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) as “absurd theatrics”, recalling that Islamabad had “pleaded” for a ceasefire during Operation Sindoor and reiterating that no third party has a role in disputes between the two countries.
The response came from First Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN Petal Gahlot on Friday after Sharif, in his address to the General Debate of the 80th session of the UNGA, credited US President Donald Trump with averting a war between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
“This Assembly witnessed absurd theatrics in the morning from the Prime Minister of Pakistan, who once again glorified terrorism that is so central to their foreign policy,” Gahlot said, delivering India’s Right of Reply.
